SAYER, ROBERT WILLIAM, Private, No. 10872, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., eldest s. of James Sayer, of Sunderland, Labourer, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William Burn Moore, of Sunderland; b. Millfield, Sunderland, 6th June, 1879; educ. Bishopwearmouth; enlisted in the 1st Durham L.I.; was seven years with the Colours and five with the Reserve; served through the South African War (Queen’s and King’s medals with bars for the relief of Ladysmith), 1899–1902, and in India; was then employed at Osborne, Graham; re-enlisted for the war, 5 Oct. 1914, and died 7 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres. He m. at St. Bennett’s, Sunderland, 1907, Agnes (8, Clarendon Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of John Tunney, of Mayo, and had four children: John James, b. 7 March, 1912; Robert William, b. 23 Sept. 1914; Margaret Agnes, b. 1 Aug. 1907; and Emily, b. 13 Sept. 1909.

SAYER, STANLEY KILBOURNE, Ordinary Signalman, J. 21993, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCAMATON, PATRICK, Ship’s Steward’s Assistant, 347430, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCARFE, JOHN WILLIAM (alias ERIC GREY), Chief Stoker, 177681, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCARTH, JOHN WILLIAM, Private, No. 10683, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of John William Scarth, of 10, Prospect Terrace, Neville’s Cross, Durham, formerly A.B., R.N., by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Atkinson, Verger at Durham Cathedral; b. Durham, 27 Feb. 1895; educ. Crossgate Parish School there; enlisted 15 April, 1914, and died in No. 13 General Hospital at Boulogne, 15 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at Rentel on 29 Oct.; unm. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery.

SCATCHARD, THOMAS, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps, yst. s. of Thomas Edward Scatchard, of Boston Spa, co. York, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., by his wife, Martha, dau. of Robert Theakston; b. Boston Spa, 6 July, 1878; educ. Epsom College; gazetted Lieut. in the R.A.M.C., 31 July, 1905, and promoted Capt. 31 Jan. 1909; joined his regt. at Aldershot, where he served for 18 months, then proceeded to India and was there for 5½ years, being stationed at Lucknow, Agra, Kailana and Ranikhet; returned to England, and served the nine months’ course at Millbank, London, for promotion to Major, and then a year at Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, where he was when war was declared in Aug. 1914; went to France with the 26th Brigade, R.F.A., 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Sablonnières on 8 Sept. following. Buried in the Cemetery there. He m. at Agra, India, 12 Nov. 1907, Ada Mary, yst. dau. of Col. Hugh de la Motte Hervey, and granddau. of Gen. Hervey, C.B., and had a dau.: Phyllis May Lindsay, b. 20 Dec. 1908.

SCHLEIDER, GEORGE JAMES WILLIAM, Rifleman, No. 1882, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Jacob Thomas Schleider, of 2, Darlington Road, West Norwood, late R.E.; b. Dulwich, 12 March, 1898; educ. Gipsy Road School, West Norwood; volunteered and joined the 1st Surrey Rifles, 15 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915, by the bursting of a shell.

SCHMIDT, HENRY, Car. Crew, M. 1936, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Henry Schmidt, of 49, Bowen Road, Harrow, co. Middlesex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SCHMIDT, HENRY JOHN, Corpl., No. 1047, 14th Battn., 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only s. of the late Henry Charles Schmidt, Baker and Confectioner, by his wife, Annie (now wife of William Godfrey Fish, of 70, Woodstock Street, Canning Town, London, Bootmaker), dau. of Eli Benn; b. Plaistow, London, E., 3 May, 1895; educ. Holy Trinity Schools there; went to Australia in 1912, and settled at Melbourne as a Clerk; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt, 24 Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and was killed in action at Lone Pine, 7 Aug. 1915 following; unm. Buried there. Capt. Andrew Gillison, Chaplain to the 14th Battn. wrote: “After reaching the position by a night advance, the Battn. took up the post and dug in on the morning of that date. The enemy, who were holding a ridge opposite, were firing on our men, and Corpl. Schmidt was unfortunately hit by a bullet which passed through his body. He was very cheery and we thought he might pull through, but shortly afterwards he became unconscious and death ensued very speedily. He was such a bright cheery fellow and a general favourite ... [he] was buried with an officer and another comrade near the place where he fell.”

SCHNEIDER, HERBERT HUGO, 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers (S.R.), 2nd s. of Theodore Schneider, of Granville House, Overhill Road, Dulwich, S.E., Merchant; b. East Dulwich, 5 Feb. 1888; educ. Bedales School, Petersfield, Hants, and at the Crystal Palace School of Practical Engineering; was assistant to the firm of Messrs. Barry, Leslie & Egerton, 1907–9; elected a Graduate of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1909, and an Associate Member, 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of Officers, R.E., 8 Jan. 1910; went to West Africa, 1911, and served as Assistant Engineer on the Lagos Railway Northern Extension, Northern Nigeria; returned to West Africa in 1912, after leave of absence, as Assistant Engineer on the Sierra Leone Government Railway; appointed Surveyor to the Survey of Northern Nigeria, 1914, and was holding this post when war broke out; joined the West African Frontier Force, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Lum, near Molle Bridge, in the Cameroons, 5 Dec. following; unm. The General Officer Commanding wrote: “Lieut. Schneider was killed instantaneously. His loss is much felt, as, in addition to his attractive personality, he was a most capable young officer, and had done previously particularly meritorious work with the Royal Engineers.” Chief Engineer, Capt. Frank L. Giles, wrote: “He was always so cheery and bright, and yet his keenness and energy for his work were inexhaustible, and with this were combined technical skill and absolute thoroughness and reliability and complete fearlessness.”

SCHOFIELD, THOS., A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2864), S.S. 186, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SCHREIBER, VIVIAN GEORGE EDWARD SPENCER, Midshipman, H.M.S. Monmouth, only child of the late Major Julian Meade Schreiber, 12th Battn. Suffolk Regt. (Vol.), by his wife Hilda Rose (Patcham Place, Patcham, Sussex), 2nd dau. of the late S. B. Abinger, of Hampton House, Hampstead, N.W.; b. Thames Ditton, co. Surrey, 21 Feb. 1899; educ. Holyrood House, Bognor (Naval Preparatory School), Osborne and Dartmouth; appointed Midshipman to H.M.S. Monmouth, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, 4 Aug. 1914, and was lost when the Monmouth was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. following; unm.

SCHURER, LOUIS HENRY, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., A. 1935), 134774, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCHWABEN, HENRY ROBERT, Private, No. 1984, 10th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), attached 2nd Battn. Norfolk Regt., 3rd s. of the late Hans Walter Schwaben, Engineer and Artist (b. Gelsenkirchen, Germany; came to England with his parents in 1875, became denationalised in 1875, and died in London, 25 May, 1914), by his wife, Helena Geraldina (5, Fairfax Road, Bedford Park, W.), dau. of Peter Henry Jordan, 60th Rifles (who served through the Crimea and Indian Mutiny); b. Edinburgh, 17 July, 1889; educ. Birmingham and London; was a Traveller; served for some years in the King’s Royal Rifle Cadets, and then for three or four years in the Royal Bucks Hussars (Volunteers) Yeomanry; volunteered and enlisted in the 10th Middlesex, the second week in Aug. 1914; was one of 16 selected for the Scout Section of the battn.; went to India in Oct.; volunteered for service in the Persian Gulf in Feb. 1915; went there attached to the 2nd Norfolks, and died of dysentery while on active service, 29 July, 1915; unm. Buried at Asaui, 14 miles below Nasaryeh. An officer wrote: “I know that his section officer in the Middlesex thought very highly of him, and told me he was giving me one of his best men.”

SCINDEN, ALFRED, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 846), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCOTT, ALEXANDER, Private, No. 9689, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; b. Barony, co. Lanark; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Forces in France, etc.; killed in action between 4 and 12 Nov. 1914. He m. at Leith, 4 April, 1893, Rachel (3, Cavendish Place, Edinburgh), dau. of (—) Cavanagh, and had a son John, b. 9 Dec. 1902.

SCOTT, CHARLES, Seaman, R.N.R., 2930 A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCOTT, CHARLES EDWARD ARTHUR, Leading Seaman, 218970, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SCOTT, DAVID CAMERON, Private, No. 1389, 5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), s. of James Scott, of 2, Glenorchy Place, Edinburgh, Baker, by his wife, Isabella C.; b. Edinburgh, 29 July, 1895; educ. London Street School there; joined the Boys’ Brigade connected with the Greenock Parish Church; became Staff Sergt., and, in 1912, joined the Royal Scots (T.F.); volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 27 May following; unm. Buried there.

SCOTT, EDWARD CLAUD, 2nd Lieut., 28th Coy. Royal Garrison Artillery, only surviving s. of the late Gen. Hugh Aboukir Scott, R.A., by his wife, Laura Millicent (The Garth, Winchester), dau. of Henry Wells Allfrey; b. Jersey, 15 May, 1892; educ. Repton; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., 23 Dec. 1911; joined the 5th Siege Battery, 19 Feb. 1912; left for France, 27 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Armentières, 21 Nov. following. Buried at Fleurbaix, near Armentières; unm.

SCOTT, FRANCIS WILLIAM, Sapper, No. 5203, Canadian Engineers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, late Lieut., R.N., yr. s. of the late Hon. Henry Robert Hepburne-Scott, of Knipton, Grantham, by his wife, Lady Ada, née Douglas Home (Nisbet Mill, Ancrum, Roxburghshire), dau. of Cospatrick, 11th Earl of Home; b. Springhill, Coldstream, 19 Aug. 1886; educ. Remenham, Henley-on-Thames, and Ascham School, Bournemouth; entered the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet on H.M.S. Britannia, 24 May, 1901, became Sub-Lieut. March, 1907, and Lieut. 31 Dec. 1908; and was invalided out of the service in Aug. 1912, owing to deafness. He then went to British Columbia and when war broke out was at Kitselas, on the Skeener River, Prince Rupert. He immediately went to Vancouver City and joined the 1st Coy. Canadian Engineers. He came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and died, 4 May, 1915, in Boulogne Hospital, from wounds received in action on the Ypres Canal two days previously. He was buried in the British Military Division, Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. 1885); unm. He received the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving life at sea, 15 Jan. 1910, while acting as Lieut. on H.M.S. Hindustan off Spithead.

SCOTT, GEORGE, L.-Corpl., No. 11518, A Coy., 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), s. of Charles Scott, of 2, Hawthorn Vale, Leith, Engineer, by his wife; b. Leith, 8 Aug. 1895; educ. North Fort Street School there; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 6 June, 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Hooge, 26 Sept. 1915; unm.

SCOTT, HENRY FRANK, Private, No. 12490, 1st Battn. Somersetshire L.I., s. of Samuel Scott, of Lansdown View, Rush Hill, Bath, Labourer, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of William Green; b. Camerton, near Radstock, 25 Oct. 1890; educ. Church School there; enlisted Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 27 April, 1915; unm.

SCOTT, RICHARD THOMAS FOLLIOTT, Lieut., 1st Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., eldest s. of the Rev. Richard Curtis Folliott Scott, Rector of Hulcote and Salford, co. Bedford, by his wife, Edith Marion, dau. of Thomas R. Wilson, of Newlands, Hitchin, co. Herts; b. Arlesey Vicarage, co. Bedford, 8 Dec. 1893; educ. The Knoll, Woburn Sands, and Lancing College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Yorkshire Regt., 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 30 Oct. 1914; went to France in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Hooplines, 16 March, 1915; unm. Buried in Hooplines Cemetery.

SCOTT, ROBERT FRASER, Private, No. 2086, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th s. of the late James Edward Scott, Shipbroker (died 10 June, 1915); b. London, 15 July, 1888; educ. City of London School; and on leaving there entered his father’s business; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 13th London Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Laventie, 23 Dec. following; unm. Buried Aux Quatre Paroises, between Ypres and Armentières. An officer wrote: “He had all the ideal qualities of a good soldier, though he really should have been an officer; he was always cheerful, he did not care at all whether a task was dangerous or not, and he never shirked any duty. It was through doing his duty that he died, and I know, from what he said to me, that no death could have been nearer his choice.”

SCOTT, VICTOR, Private, No. 4054, 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Frank Scott, of 42, Warbreck Road, Aintree, Capt. in Booth Steamship Co., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of John Fulton; b. Liverpool, 28 March, 1894; educ. Skerry’s College there; was a Shipping Clerk; volunteered and joined the Liverpool Scottish, 11 Nov. 1914; went to France, 12 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 11 March, 1915, during the fighting in the Ypres salient; unm. Buried at Zillebeke.

SCOTT, WALLACE, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4984), S.S. 1805, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SCOTT, WILLIAM, Corpl., No. 1101, 1st Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), only s. of William Scott, of 28, Glover Street, Perth, Assistant Stationmaster, North British Railway, Perth General Station, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Thomas Tosh; b. Craigie, Perth, 26 Jan. 1890; educ. Western District School and Sharp’s Institution, Perth; was for some time a clerk in the firm of Messrs. Thomas & McLeish, Solicitors, Perth; enlisted in the Black Watch, 23 Dec. 1907; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Bigshute, 23 Oct. following, during a charge on the German trenches; unm. He was a first-class shot, and for over three years had been clerk to the President of the Regimental Institute. He was also a good musician (organ and piano), being exceedingly fond of music.

SCOTT, WILLIAM, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16447, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCOTT, WILLIAM LESLIE, Lieut., 1/5th (Buchan and Formartin) Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), elder s. of William Leslie Scott, of Peterhead, Solicitor, by his wife, Elizabeth Campbell, dau. of the Rev. James Lowe, Minister of Thornton; b. Peterhead, 24 Dec. 1892; educ. at home and at Peterhead Academy; was studying medicine at Aberdeen University, but after the outbreak of war received a commission as 2nd Lieut., and was gazetted to the 2/5th Battn. of the Gordon Highlanders, 24 Nov. 1914. He was transferred to the 1/5th Battn. 19 April, 1915, and was promoted Lieut. about the time that battn. joined the Expeditionary Force in France. He was killed in action during the fierce fighting that took place at and along the lines from Festubert, 16 June, 1915; unm. He was buried immediately behind the firing line, not far from Festubert village.

DAWSON-SCOTT, JOHN KEARSLEY, Capt., Royal Engineers, yst. s. of Gen. Robert Nicholl Dawson-Scott, of Brent House, Penrith, Col. Commandant, Royal Engineers, by his wife, Grace Mansel, dau. of John Whitlock Stradling-Carne; b. The Grove, Boltons, South Kensington, 18 May, 1883; educ. The Castle, Tonbridge; Tonbridge Grammar School, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers, 31 July, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 26 Dec. 1904, and Capt. 31 July, 1913; was on home service, 1902–6, on foreign service at Cairo, 1906–11, and was appointed 2nd Assistant Instructor, School of Military Engineering, 24 April, 1912; went to France with the 1st Army Corps, attd. to the 5th Field Coy., R.E., in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, 29 Oct. following, by a high explosive shell, while reconnoitring the German position at a distance of about 300 yards; unm. Buried there. Brig.-Gen. Rice wrote: “We R.E. of the 1st Army have had many severe losses during this battle near Ypres, but none that we deplore more than that of your boy,” and his commanding officer, Major North: “He was the most able assistant a company commander could hope for.” Capt. Dawson-Scott received the cross of Knight of the Legion of Honour for gallantry during the operations between 21–30 Aug. His eldest brother, Lieut. Geoffrey Nicholl Dawson-Scott, R.G.A., died on active service at Pretoria, 31 Dec. 1900, during the Boer War.

SCOUGALL, ALEXANDER, Colour-Sergt., No. 5970, Royal Marine L.I., 3rd s. of the late George Scougall, of Peebles, by his 2nd wife, Agnes, dau. of George Kay, of Eloridgehill, Lanarkshire, and brother of William Scougall, Stationmaster, West Calder; b. Woodhouse, Manor Parish, co. Peebles, 25 May, 1873; educ. Manor, Walkerburn, and Peebles Public Schools; joined the Royal Marine L.I. at Edinburgh in Nov. 1890; did one year boy’s service; passed for Corpl. at Chatham, 13 July, 1894, with 98 marks, and was awarded First Class Certificate; and for Sergt. at Walmer, 31 March, 1896, obtaining 187 marks and a special certificate; served in the Orinoco River (in H.M.S. Fantome) during the dispute between the United States and Venezuela; in the South African War (medal), and in China, and on completing his 22 years’ service (Oct. 1912) entered the Shanghai Municipal Council’s Service. When the European War broke out he was an Inspector in the Shanghai Public Works Department, and immediately volunteered, but was not accepted until Oct. He left within 24 hours for London, but the Japanese boat by which he travelled took 65 days to do the trip (12,000 miles), being held up in the Indian Ocean for 10 days by the German Cruiser Emden. He took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Quinn’s Post, Gaba Tepe, between 9 and 10 a.m. on 3 May following; unm. A comrade wrote: “Colour-Sergt. Scougall was an old pal of mine also, he being of about the same service as myself. He was well known at Chatham and we all regret his loss, and he is one of many veterans of ours who have gone. He was killed on Monday, 3 May, between 9 and 10 a.m. The shot entered his eye and death was immediate. Bugler Sillence of our Battn. was a few yards from him when he was hit, and I have gone over the day with him. We were ordered out at 4 a.m. to prepare an attack up a very steep ravine between two hills; the Turks held all the crests. It was hopeless to carry out. As soon as our troops got in view they were mowed down with M.G. and rifle fire, it was awful; time after time fresh troops went on but all suffered the same, nobody got to the objective, and we had to give it up. Our Battn. had over 300 casualties, all who tried suffered the same; the dead and wounded had to be left till dark. The wounded were got down by degrees; it took days to bury the dead. Every movement brought a deadly fire, they were within a 100 yards. This happened at Gaba Tepe where we reinforced the Australians and New Zealand forces on their first landing; we afterwards were shipped to this end, Sedd-ul-Bahr, and are having some tough work still. I expect we are in for a winter of it. Trench fighting is awful slow work, and you are kept on a tension all the time; the devils have plenty of grit and put up a fair fight, no gas or gas shells at present and no white flag incidents since the first, when we weren’t having any, and nipped them all. About the difference in date, many of the dead were not buried by our own people, and their effects are not gathered properly. They are reported missing until their bodies are found and identity discs are sent in; facts known to people near one get mixed or reported wrongly because it is impossible to thoroughly inquire into every case unless a doubt is raised. Dead often have to be left even for weeks when an attack fails. You may take my date as correct; it is the date in my book, also in the Battn. records. I don’t know where the other date came from, we had re-embarked and started afresh elsewhere before then, so it is obviously incorrect. I am an old China bird myself, but I came home in 1897,” and another: “He was killed on 3 May at Quinn’s Post; Gaba Tepe, where the Australians landed, and buried in a little trench with others of his comrades. You see he was some 300 to 400 feet up the cliffs, and it was practically useless bringing the dead down in the gully where we had to depend on water running. He was accorded a Christian burial, and a very decent one considering the time and space allotted. I myself buried 14 in one grave, and read the Burial Service.” Scougall had the Long Service, and Good Conduct medals. He was a good all-round sportsman, played cricket and football, and was in the winning tug-of-war team in Shorncliffe District Tournament in 1897.

SCRIVENER, CYRIL ALFRED, Sapper, No. 4/344, New Zealand Field Engineers, s. of Alfred Thomas Scrivener, of Hamilton, New Zealand, Farmer; b. Stratford, New Zealand, 2 July, 1893; educ. Public schools there; joined the New Zealand Engineers in Sept. 1914; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and died at Mudros, Lemnos Island, 13 June, 1915, of enteric fever contracted while on active service; unm. Buried there.

SCRUTTON, FRANK RICHARDS, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 3347), 212547, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SCULLY, CHARLES RICHARD, E.R.A., 3rd Class, 345433, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

SEABROOK, JAMES HERBERT, 2nd Lieut. and Despatch Rider, attd., 5th Cavalry Brigade, 4th s. of William Seabrook, of the Nurseries, Chelmsford, by his wife, Elizabeth Mary Ann, dau. of James Pertwee (of a Huguenot family originally named Pertuis); b. Brent Hall, Boreham, co. Essex, 30 Oct. 1883; educ. Chelmsford College, was before the war associated with his father in the well-known horticultural business of Messrs. W. Seabrook & Sons, but on mobilisation volunteered as a Despatch Rider, was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., and attached to the 5th Cavalry Brigade. He left England with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Marne, 10 Sept. 1914; unm. Buried at Grandelu, about 18 miles north-east of Meaux. Writing to his mother, Lieut. F. F. Blake, Commanding 5th Signal Corps, Royal Engineers, said: “Your son was killed yesterday, while carrying out his duty. He was sent to me some weeks ago as a motor cyclist despatch rider, and he had done splendid work for me and was immensely popular with all.... We were in touch with the Germans early in the morning and moved to turn their flank. I sent your son to Headquarters of 2nd Army with a message before this, and when he returned to the point of despatch, we had gone. He was told by another of my motor cyclists where we had gone, and which road to take, but he appears to have missed his way, coming in contact with the enemy. The end must have come very quickly and painlessly, as he was shot in the head, two other bullets also found their mark. All this we found later in the day, as we were in action all the forenoon, and I was not informed of his death till late in the evening, when I am glad to say we had gained a decisive success. Your son died a glorious death, which we must all be prepared for, doing his duty in the service of his country.”

SEAGER, THOMAS, Stoker, Petty Officer, 294712, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SEAMAN, HENRY, Private, No. 4608, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of James Seaman; b. Westminster, 11 April, 1888; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 3 Sept. 1914; went to France, 4 Oct., and was reported missing between 29 Oct.-2 Nov. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed between those dates. He m. at St. Andrew’s Church, Peckham, 8 March, 1914, Ellen (7, Blackhouse Street, Canterbury Road, Old Kent Road, S.E.), dau. of Joseph (and Ellen) Mackey, and had a dau.: Ellen, b. posthumous, 10 Feb. 1915.

SEAR, JOSEPH SACKVILLE, Private, No. 4359, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only s. of the late Frank Sear, Hay and Straw Dealer, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Thomas Kearsey, of Dustfield Farm, Charlbury, Oxon; b. Wendlebury, Oxon, 8 July, 1894; enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, 25 June, 1915; proceeded with the 11th Battn. to the Dardanelles, and was killed there by a bomb, 6 Aug. 1915, only 48 hours after his arrival at the Front; unm.

SEARLE, GEORGE CHARLES, Leading Stoker, 302485, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SEARLE, GEORGE WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25452, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SEARLE, JOHN, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 154450, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SEARLES, EDWARD GREGORY, A.B., J. 12270, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SECKER, GEORGE VANE, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17010, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SEDGELEY, FRANK, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8768), S.S. 2013, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SEDGWICK, GEORGE, Stoker, R.N.R., 2057U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SEELEY, WILLIAM ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13408, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SEENEY, HUGH, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports./14615, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SEFTON, THOMAS HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7882), S.S. 103314, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SELBY, BEAUCHAMP HENRY, Capt., 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, eldest s. of Beauchamp Prideaux Selby, of Pawston, Mindrum, Northumberland, J.P., by his wife, Fanny, yst. dau. of the late Joseph Pocklington Senhouse, of Netherhill, Cumberland, J.P., D.L., and grandson of Prideaux Selby, of Pawston, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Admiral Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Bart.; b. London, 4 June, 1882; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd., 8 Jan. 1901, and appointed to the Northumberland Fusiliers, 23 March following; promoted Lieut. 21 May, 1902, and Capt. 1 Oct. 1912; served on the North-West Frontier of India, 1908, taking part in the operations in the Mohmand country, and engagement at Matta (medal), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died 21 Sept. 1914, from wounds received in action the previous day, near Vailly, during the Battle of the Aisne; unm. His Col. wrote: “You will doubtless have heard from the W.O. the sad news of your son’s death. It has been a sad blow to us all to lose such a gallant soldier, and good comrade. He was shot through the head in the trenches north of Vailly, on the 20th, and though he lingered for nearly 24 hours, he was quite unconscious, and his chance of recovery was looked upon as practically hopeless. He is buried close to where he fell.... Your son was one of the lion-hearted breed that are such a power in a regt. At the fight at Fromières, the day after Mons, he did very gallant work under a heavy fire to the great admiration of the O.C. 1st Lincolnshire Regt. with whom he was temporarily detailed. My brother officers all join in offering you our most sincere sympathy in the loss of your gallant son.”

SELLEN, ALBERT FREDERICK, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8993, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SELLENS, GEORGE, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9466), S.S. 105406, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SELLICK, WALTER, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11306, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SEMARK, WILLIAM RICHARD, Sergt., No. 9609, 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), s. of Harry Semark, Cement Labourer, late Rifle Brigade, by his wife, Rose (57, Cuxton Road, Strood, Rochester), dau. of William Chappell, of Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent; b. York, 23 Dec. 1892; educ. St. Nicholas School, Strood; enlisted in Feb. 1910; was in the Special Reserve, going up for a month’s training each year, headquarters being at Canterbury; was called up on mobilisation, 4 Aug. 1914; went to Dover, where he was promoted Sergt., and was engaged in drilling recruits at Hythe and Dover during the winter; went to France, 6 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, Ypres, 3 May following, during the gassing of the Canadian troops; unm. Three of his brothers are now (1916) on active service; two with the East Kent Regt. (both wounded), and one with the Royal Warwickshire Regt.

SETTER, AUGUSTE ARTHUR LEOPOLD, Private, No. 8139, 1/2nd Battn. The Border Regt., 2nd s. of Thomas Setter, of Caterham, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, by his wife, Emilia (The Lodge, Grove House, The Grove, Ealing, W.), dau. of Louis Cugny, of Ferreyre, Switzerland; b. Tower of London, 28 July, 1887; educ. Caterham Board School; enlisted in Nov. 1908; went to France about the 4 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 18 Dec. following. Buried there. His company officer wrote saying he was a thorough soldier and one of the best men in the company. He m. at Norwich, 3 Aug. 1914, Edith, dau. of (—) Gallant; s.p.

SETTERFIELD, CHARLES ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3322, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SETTERFIELD, EMMANUEL WILLIAM, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 160543, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SETTERFIELD, FRANK, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6596), 184292, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SEVERNE, HENRY FRANCIS, 2nd Lieut., 1/6th Battn. Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Arthur De Milt Severne, of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, Solicitor, by his wife, Adelaide Elizabeth, dau. of the late John Hubbersty; b. Wirksworth, co. Derby, 16 Feb. 1892; educ. Riber School, near Matlock; Marlborough College (where he was in the O.T.C.), and the Royal School of Mines; joined the University of London Artillery in 1910 or 1911; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted in E Coy. of the 6th Sherwood Foresters; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 25 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, Belgium, 10 May, 1915, being shot through the heart by a sniper; unm. Buried at Kemmel. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, and recommended for saving the life of an officer on 27 April. On that day a small charge was exploded in a mine. Some hours afterwards a small party of Royal Engineers, consisting of a Sergt. and two Lieuts., entered the gallery. One Lieut., who was a little way behind the others, found them unconscious from the effects of gas. He ran back to the entrance and shouted for help. 2nd Lieut. Severne, who was standing near, without a moment’s hesitation, jumped down the shaft although, being a mining engineer, he well knew the danger. He helped the Lieut. to drag his brother officer along the gallery until the former also began to suffer from gas. He told him to go back and said that he would bring the unconscious man along. This he did, although his burden was a heavy one, until he was himself rendered unconscious. In the meantime other help had arrived, and all were brought round except the Sergt. It was undoubtedly due to 2nd Lieut. Severne’s prompt and gallant conduct that the life of one officer was saved and possibly that of the other. The late Capt Johnson, V.C., who was in charge of the party of Engineers, was filled with admiration and reported 2nd Lieut. Severne’s conduct for official recognition.

SEWARD, FREDERICK, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3004), S.S. 100460, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SEWELL, HENRY, Stoker, R.N.R., 1576 U., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SEWELL, REUBEN JOHN, Petty Officer, 215836, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SEWELL, SIDNEY DAVIES, Major, 3rd London Field Coy., Royal Engineers (T.F.), elder surv. s. of Col. Thomas Davies Sewell, of 29, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W., F.R.A.S., Senior proprietor of the Broad Arrow and Naval and Military Gazette; clerk of the Spectacle-Makers’ Company and Secretary of its diploma scheme; late Commandant 4th Battn. The Essex Regt., by his wife, Elizabeth Sophia, eldest dau. of the late George Burt, formerly a Sheriff of the City of London; b. London, 12 Oct. 1875; educ. Tonbridge School; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. (Volunteers) 23 June, 1892; and was promoted Lieut. 23 June, 1894; Capt. 19 June, 1898, and Major 16 April, 1910; was in command of the 3rd London Field Coy. (T.F.), and volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 18 Feb. 1915; unm. Buried there. Capt. Sewell was a long service volunteer and had the Territorial Decoration, and was a member of the London Territorial Force Association.

SEWELL, THOMAS, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15140, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SEWELL, WILLIAM FANE DALZELL DALRYMPLE, Private, No. 2053, B Coy., 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), attd. Dehra Dun Brigade, Meerut Division, Indian Expeditionary Force, only s. of William George Dalrymple Sewell, of 20, Balcombe Street, N.W., by his wife, Edith Maud, dau. of the late Robert Dalzell, grandson of Col. Henry Fane Haylett Sewell, Indian Army, and great-grandson of the late Gen. Sir William Henry Sewell, K.C.B., Hon. Col. 79th Cameron Highlanders; b. Valparaiso, Chili, 24 March, 1896; came home to England, 11 May, 1906; educ. at Mr. Charles D. Pridden’s at Walton-cum-Felixstowe, Suffolk, and at Lancing College, Shoreham-on-Sea, Sussex. Joined the O.T.C. at Lancing, and rose to be Bugler L.-Corpl. in the band. Entered Great Northern Railway service, 1 May, 1913. Enlisted 4 Sept. 1914, joining regt. at Bedford, which left for France on 5 Nov. 1914, being the first Highland Territorial unit to cross. Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 11 March, 1915, while his battn. were pushing forward an attack in front of the Bois de Biez, he having been hit by shell. From all his superiors and comrades the highest testimony came of this boy, who was just completing his nineteenth year. A comrade wrote: “He was a popular and brave soldier, and we miss him exceedingly.” The officer commanding of B Coy. wrote: “He was a good soldier, and always carried out his orders promptly and well. We buried him on the field of battle.” His Major wrote: “Young Sewell is shaping well, is a favourite and will be a fine soldier. We’ve got our eye on him.” His Colonel wrote: “The boy’s associations with the regt. were of the very best kind from start to finish, and it was a very real pleasure to do anything I could for him as regards his commission.... The last time I saw your dear son alive was when I took him to see our General about his commission. Would that it had been possible for him to have got his commission before the fight. I know he would have made a good officer and done well for his King and Country.” In civil life his keenness for duty and the right was of the soundest. His chief superior on the Great Northern Railway wrote thus concerning him: “I deeply regret the tragic end of so young and promising a life. Your son was a most likeable fellow, and everyone with whom I placed him spoke most highly of his capability and personality. I can only hope you may be consoled by the thought that he died like a man, and in furthering the great cause so near to all our hearts. His letters are typical of all that is best and bravest in British youth.”

SEYMOUR, WILLIAM GEORGE, A.B. (Coastguard), 212477 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHADRAKE, CHARLES, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306734, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHAFFOND, CHARLES, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 85), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHAKERLEY, ERIC PIERS, Capt., King’s Royal Rifles, yst. s. of Capt. Geoffrey Joseph Shakerley, of Weddington Hall, Nuneaton, late R.H.A., by his wife, Emma, 2nd dau. of Sir Richard Pierce Butler, of Ballin Temple, co. Carlow, 9th Bart.; b. Shrewsbury, 8 March, 1885; educ. Clifton College and Cooper’s Hill, 1904–6; and on leaving the latter accepted an appointment in the Soudan Irrigation Service in preference to entering the Indian Public Works Department, and went out to the Soudan in the autumn of 1906. A little later he was put in charge of the works then in progress in the Sudd region of the Upper Nile, and remained in charge of this work till he retired from the Service early in 1913, to join a firm of horticultural chemists at Alperton. For his services in the Soudan he received the Medjideh (4th class) in 1912. Immediately on the outbreak of war he applied for a commission in the Army, and was gazetted Lieut. in the 6th (Reserve) Battn. King’s Royal Rifles, 15 Aug. 1914, obtaining his Captaincy 24th Nov. following. After three months training with the regt. at Sheerness he left for the Front on 13 Nov. 1914, and was attached to the 1st Battn. then in the trenches. On 10 March, 1915, he commanded an assaulting party in an attack upon the enemy’s trenches at Givenchy. The party came under a heavy fire from rifles and machine guns suffering very severe casualties, notwithstanding which, headed by Capt. Shakerley, it succeeded in reaching the wire entanglements, which had not been breached, but here Capt. Shakerley was shot dead, 5 yards from the enemy’s trench; unm. Capt. Shakerley was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 22 June, 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field.

SHANNON, IAN HERBERT CROAL, Private, No. 2713, 1/7th Battn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (T.F.), elder s. of Rev. John Alexander Shannon, M.A., Minister of Balbirnie U.F. Church, Markinch, co. Fife, by his wife, Annie Molyson, dau. of the late James Croal, of the Haddington Courier; b. Balbirnie U.F. Manse, Markinch, 11 Feb. 1895; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; and Royal Technical College, Glasgow, of which latter he was an Associate, having taken his diploma in Electrical Engineering (with distinction) in the Spring of 1914; was in the employment of James Howden & Co., Engineers, Glasgow, when the war broke out, and immediately enlisted in 1/7th Battn. Black Watch, being attd. to the Machine Gun Section; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action while dressing the wounds of a comrade at Festubert, France, 16 June, 1915; unm.

SHANNON, WILLIAM HENRY, Colour-Sergt.-Major, No. 9019, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, yst. s. of William Henry Shannon, of 42, Mountjoy Street, Dublin, late Corpl. 2nd Middlesex Regt., and Warder, Prisons Service, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of Rodger McGoldrick, of Dromahair, co. Leitrim; b. Rangoon, British Burmah, 15 March, 1882; educ. St. George’s and Marlboro’ Street National Schools, Dublin; was for a short time in the Prisons Service, then for about a year in the A.M. Corps; enlisted 5 Dec. 1902; served at Aldershot, Dublin, Butafant, Fermoy, Naas, and Gravesend, and was then posted to 1st Battn. in India; returned home end of Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 12 July following. He m. at Gravesend Military Church, 18 Jan. 1915, Ada Amy (5, Albion Road, Gravesend), dau. of Charles Fennell, of 5, Albion Road, Gravesend; s.p.

SHAPTER, LEWIS HENRY, Capt., 3rd Special Reserve (West Suffolk Militia) Battn. Suffolk Regt., s. of Lewis Shapter, of Barnfield Crescent, Exeter, M.D.; by his wife, Elizabeth Charlotte, dau. of Capt. Edgar Bayly, Suffolk Regt., and great grandson of Col. Richard Bayley, of the same regt., and nephew and adopted s. of Col. Charles Edward Brown, and of his wife, Frederica Louisa (Kahun, Talbot Hill, Bournemouth), née Bayly; b. Exeter, 7 Sept. 1886; educ. Stourwood College, near Bournemouth; obtained a commission in the West Suffolk Militia; promoted Lieut. 18 March 1905, and Capt.; had passed the School of Instruction and qualified as an Instructor of Musketry; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, attd. to the 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., and was killed in action near Ypres, 31 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Chateau Rosenberg, Croix le Blanc.